Seen in silhouette against the sky at "bombing-up time" an RAF "cookie" on the famous 4000 pounders - which have been dropped in hundreds on Berlin in the recent raids - rises slowly into position in the capacious bomb bay of a Lancaster. Winches in the body of the bomber are hoisting the "cookie" into its rack, on either side of which are incendiary containers, each holding more than a hundred fire-bombs. The armourer's "thumbs up" signal shows that everything is proceeding to his satisfaction. The load seen here is only a party of the bomb capacity of any Lancaster, which normally carries much heavier loads over Germany. 1944